SKU: The Nation's Leading Consumer Products Accelerator

What We Do

SKU provides an ecosystem that creates lasting change in CPG by providing all the resources founders need to accelerate the growth of their brands.  SKU’s world-class program is driven by a community of the nation’s top CPG leaders, successful founders and industry experts. Our intensive programs offer best-in-class education, hand-picked teams of  mentors and access to retailers and investors – all dedicated to building brands that change lives.

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The SKU Report: The Latest CPG News

The Power of Objective Consumer Feedback

 The Power of Objective Consumer Feedback 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Highlight in-home consumer testing experience Founders of many emerging brands often depend upon friends and family to provide feedback on their products. While that can be helpful – and cost effective – in the beginning, it has its shortcomings. Unfortunately, many of those closest to us may tell us what we want to hear rather…

Mentoring for SKU: Seeking Successful CPG Leaders

 Mentoring for SKU: Seeking Successful CPG Leaders 700 500 Michelle Breyer

SKU mentor team meeting Mentoring for SKU is something special. It’s a transformative experience that positively impacts the mentors as much a the founders. I started mentoring for SKU Track 7. After selling my TextureMedia (NaturallyCurly), I was attracted to the idea of mentoring other entrepreneurs – sharing the dos, and possibly just as important,…

7-11: A Champion for Emerging Brands

 7-11: A Champion for Emerging Brands 700 500 Michelle Breyer

7-Eleven is putting an emphasis on on bringing emerging brands onto its shelves.

ImpactSKU Unveils ’21 Cohort

 ImpactSKU Unveils ’21 Cohort 700 500 Michelle Breyer

ImpactSKU has selected the five companies that will participate in the upcoming track of the Minneapolis program, ImpactSKU ’21. Each was selected based on the basis of product innovation, their traction in the market, and the passion of their founders. The newest cohort’s companies are Ancient Provisions, Chiki Chiki Boom Boom, Harmony Cricket Farm, KIZE…

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The SKU Advantage

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The SKU Ecosystem

SKU surrounds stellar startups with a powerful ecosystem that provides the tools and skills necessary to scale.

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12 Weeks of guided development, Stellar Curriculum, Cohort of Entrepreneurs

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Industry Experts, Investors, Serial Entrepreneurs

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Testimonials

“I felt SERIOUSLY taken care of by my mentor team throughout the entire program. The mentors are the bees knees and give a ton of the founders. I would whole heartedly recommend the SKU program for any entrepreneur who is serious about scaling their CPG business.”

Heather Kelly, Heather's Choice

“I can enthusiastically say that Kif’s time in SKU has been transformational. It’s essentially a specialized, expedited business school for CPG founders. I knew it would be an incredible asset but I could have never predicted the incredible level of support, knowledge and critical connections that it has afforded. Every emerging brand could benefit in my mind.

Caroline Brain, Kif & Co.

“The curriculum and expertise within the SKU community brought me a new level of confidence as an entrepreneur. By the end of the program I felt like I had laser focused my brand message and established a solid growth strategy. I highly recommend SKU if you’re ready to take your business to the next level.”

Shannon Davenport, Founder of Esker Beauty

“Being in the SKU program turned my business upside down! BUT in the best way possible. My mentors pushed me to not only be good, but to be GREAT! I was guided along the 12 weeks with so much industry knowledge, input and guidance to make really hard decisions. Ohh! Foods 2.0 is launching soon; with our new packaging that aligns better with the market and allows us to add incremental growth to the category. I am excited to execute the milestones we have set and make Inclusive Snacking a reality to millions!”

Brittany Charlton, Ohh! Foods
“The program is incredible for all sorts of reasons that are well rehearsed and often talked about – but the emotional intelligence with which it is run, tip to tail, is truly unique. You understand what we really go through, what our real problems are both as businesses, and as founders and whole people. You have seasoned the program with real-world founder wisdom and a community of people who have real understanding and empathy for that experience. We are, as founders, as much as anything, always working on ourselves, and that work is often silent and slippery and blind. Thank you for bringing it forward.”
Samuel Taylor, Long Table

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